Topical Bible: Face

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In the Bible, the term "face" is rich with symbolic and literal meanings, often representing presence, favor, or relational dynamics between God and humanity, as well as among individuals. The Hebrew word for face is "panim," and the Greek equivalent is "prosopon." Both terms appear frequently throughout the Scriptures, underscoring the importance of the concept in biblical theology and narrative.

Divine Presence and Favor

The face of God is a significant motif, symbolizing His presence and favor. In the Aaronic blessing, the face of God is associated with divine grace and peace: "The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace" (Numbers 6:24-26). Here, the shining face of God conveys His benevolent attention and blessing upon His people.

Conversely, the hiding of God's face is often a metaphor for divine displeasure or judgment. In Deuteronomy 31:17, God warns of turning His face away as a consequence of Israel's disobedience: "On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and calamities will befall them."

Seeking God's Face

Seeking the face of God is a recurring theme, representing a desire for communion and intimacy with the Creator. Psalm 27:8 captures this pursuit: "My heart said, 'Seek His face.' Your face, O LORD, I will seek." This expression of longing for God's presence is a central aspect of worship and devotion, reflecting a heart aligned with God's will.

Human Interaction and Expression

In human relationships, the face is a window to emotions and intentions. The Bible often uses the face to describe expressions of anger, joy, or shame. For instance, Cain's countenance fell when God did not regard his offering (Genesis 4:5), indicating his inner turmoil and resentment.

The face also serves as a metaphor for personal identity and reputation. In 2 Samuel 14:24, Absalom is not permitted to see the king's face, signifying a broken relationship and lack of acceptance.

Christological Significance

In the New Testament, the face of Jesus Christ holds profound significance. The transfiguration of Jesus, where "His face shone like the sun" (Matthew 17:2), reveals His divine glory and foreshadows His resurrection. The face of Christ is also central in the eschatological hope of believers, as seen in 1 Corinthians 13:12: "For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face."

Eschatological Hope

The ultimate hope for believers is to see God face to face in the new creation. Revelation 22:4 promises, "They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads." This vision of God represents the fulfillment of the believer's longing for eternal communion with the Creator, free from sin and separation.

Throughout Scripture, the concept of the face serves as a powerful symbol of presence, relationship, and revelation, both in divine-human interactions and among individuals. The face is a testament to the personal and relational nature of God, who desires to be known and to know His people intimately.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Face

Face and presence, expressed by the same word in Hebrew, are often put for the person himself, Genesis 48:11 Exodus 33:14 Isaiah 63:9. No man has seen the face of God, that is, had a full revelation of his glory, Exodus 33:20 John 1:18 1 Timothy 6:16. To see him "face to face," is to enjoy his presence, Genesis 32:30 Numbers 14:14 De 5:4, and have a clear manifestation of his nature and grace, 1 1 Corinthians 13:12.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Means simply presence, as when it is recorded that Adam and Eve hid themselves from the "face [R.V., `presence'] of the Lord God" (Genesis 3:8; Comp. Exodus 33:14, 15, where the same Hebrew word is rendered "presence"). The "light of God's countenance" is his favour (Psalm 44:3; Dan. 9:17). "Face" signifies also anger, justice, severity (Genesis 16:6, 8; Exodus 2:15; Psalm 68:1; Revelation 6:16). To "provoke God to his face" (Isaiah 65:3) is to sin against him openly.

The Jews prayed with their faces toward the temple and Jerusalem (1 Kings 8:38, 44, 48; Dan. 6:10). To "see God's face" is to have access to him and to enjoy his favour (Psalm 17:15; 27:8). This is the privilege of holy angels (Matthew 18:10; Luke 1:19). The "face of Jesus Christ" (2 Corinthians 4:6) is the office and person of Christ, the revealer of the glory of God (John 1:14, 18).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator.

2. (n.) That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of the bounding planes of a solid; as, a cube has six faces.

3. (n.) The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object.

4. (n.) That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line.

5. (n.) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face.

6. (n.) The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc.

7. (n.) The style or cut of a type or font of type.

8. (n.) Outside appearance; surface show; look; external aspect, whether natural, assumed, or acquired.

9. (n.) That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance.

10. (n.) Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance.

11. (n.) Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac.

12. (n.) Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery.

13. (n.) Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly to; from the face of, from the presence of.

14. (n.) Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases.

15. (n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done.

16. (n.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount.

17. (v. t.) To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle.

18. (v. t.) To Confront impudently; to bully.

19. (v. t.) To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the park.

20. (v. t.) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.

21. (v. t.) To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as, to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress.

22. (v. t.) To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.

23. (v. t.) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface.

24. (v. t.) To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.

25. (v. i.) To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite.

26. (v. i.) To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left.

27. (v. i.) To present a face or front.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

FACE

fas: In Hebrew the translation of three expressions:

(1) panim

(2) `ayin, literally, "eye" and

(3) 'aph, literally, "nose," "nostril," already noted under the word COUNTENANCE, which see.

The first and second of these words are used synonymously, even in metaphorical expressions, as, for example in the phrase "the face of the earth," where panim is used (Deuteronomy 6:15 et passim) and `ayin (Numbers 22:5 et passim). The third expression preserves more clearly its original meaning. It is generally used in the phrases "to bow one's self to the earth," "to fall on one's face," where the nose actually touched the ground. Often "my face," "thy face" is mere oriental circumlocution for the personal pronoun "I," "me," "thou," "thee." "In thy face" means "in thy presence;" and is often so translated. A very large number of idiomatic Hebrew expressions have been introduced into our language through the medium of the Bible translation. We notice the most important of these phrases.

"To seek the face" is to seek an audience with a prince or with God, to seek favor (Psalm 24:6; Psalm 27:8; Psalm 105:4 Proverbs 7:15 Hosea 5:15; compare Proverbs 29:26, where the Revised Version (British and American) translates "Many seek the ruler's favor," literally, many seek the face (Hebrew pene) of a ruler).

If God "hides his face" He withdraws His presence, His favor (Deuteronomy 32:20 Job 34:29 Psalm 13:1; Psalm 30:7; Psalm 143:7; Isaiah 54:8 Jeremiah 33:5 Ezekiel 39:23, 14 Micah 3:4). Such withdrawal of the presence of God is to be understood as a consequence of man's personal disobedience, not as a wrathful denial of God's favor (Isaiah 59:2). God is asked to "hide his face," i.e. to disregard or overlook (Psalm 51:9; compare Psalm 10:11). This is also the idea of the prayer: "Cast me not away from thy presence" (literally, "face," Psalm 51:11), and of the promise: "The upright shall dwell in thy presence" (literally, "face," Psalm 140:13). If used of men, "to hide the face" expresses humility and reverence before an exalted presence (Exodus 3:6 Isaiah 6:2); similarly Elijah "wrapped his face in his mantle" when God passed by (1 Kings 19:13). The "covering of the face" is a sign of mourning (2 Samuel 19:4 = Ezekiel 12:6, 12); a "face covered with fatness" is synonymous with prosperity and arrogance (Job 15:27); to have one's face covered by another person is a sign of hopeless doom, as if one were already dead. This was done to Human, when judgment had been pronounced over him (Esther 7:8).

"To turn away one's face" is a sign of insulting indifference or contempt (2 Chronicles 29:6 Ezekiel 14:6; Sirach 4:4; compare Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 18:17; Jeremiah 32:33); on the part of God an averted face is synonymous with rejection (Psalm 13:1; Psalm 27:9; Psalm 88:14).

"To harden the face" means to harden one's self against any sort of appeal (Proverbs 21:29 Isaiah 50:7 Jeremiah 5:3; compare Ezekiel 3:9).

See also SPIT.

In this connection we also mention the phrase "to respect persons," literally, to "recognize the face" (Leviticus 19:15, or, slightly different in expression, Deuteronomy 1:17; Deuteronomy 16:19 Proverbs 24; Proverbs 23; Proverbs 23 28:21), in the sense of unjustly favoring a person, or requiting him with undue evil. Compare also the Hebrew hadhar (Exodus 23:3 the King James Version), "to countenance" (see under the word).

The "showbread" meant literally, "bread of the face," "of the presence," Hebrew lechem panim; Greek artoi enopioi, artoi tes protheseos.

H. L. E. Luering

Greek

4383. prosopon -- the face
... the face. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: prosopon Phonetic Spelling:
(pros'-o-pon) Short Definition: the face, countenance, surface Definition ...
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503. antophthalmeo -- to look in the face, look straight at
... to look in the face, look straight at. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
antophthalmeo Phonetic Spelling: (ant-of-thal-meh'-o) Short Definition: I face ...
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4381. prosopolemptes -- an accepter of a face, ie a respecter of ...
... an accepter of a face, ie a respecter of persons. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: prosopolemptes Phonetic Spelling: (pros-o-pol-ape'-tace ...
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3799. opsis -- the act of seeing, the sense of sight
... Noun, Feminine Transliteration: opsis Phonetic Spelling: (op'-sis) Short Definition:
the features, outward appearance Definition: (a) the face, countenance, (b ...
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1799. enopios -- in sight of, before
... in sight of, before. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: enopios Phonetic Spelling:
(en-o'-pee-on) Short Definition: before the face of, in the presence of ...
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1715. emprosthen -- before, in front of (in place or time)
... Part of Speech: Adverb; Preposition Transliteration: emprosthen Phonetic Spelling:
(em'-pros-then) Short Definition: in front, before the face Definition: in ...
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4676. soudarion -- a handkerchief, a head cloth (for the dead)
... Word Origin of Latin origin Definition a handkerchief, a head cloth (for the dead)
NASB Word Usage cloth (1), face-cloth (1), handkerchief (1), handkerchiefs (1 ...
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4750. stoma -- the mouth
... word Definition the mouth NASB Word Usage edge (2), face (4), lips (1), mouth (60),
mouths (5), say* (1), testimony (1), utterance (1), voice (1), words (1). ...
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2658. katantao -- to come down to, reach
... Word Origin from kata and antao (to come opposite, meet face to face) Definition
to come down to, reach NASB Word Usage arrived (4), attain (3), came (3), come ...
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3359. metopon -- the forehead
... the . Word Origin from meta and ops (an eye, face) Definition the forehead
NASB Word Usage forehead (4), foreheads (4). forehead. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6440. panim -- face, faces
panim or paneh. 6439, 6440. panim or paneh. 6441 . face, faces. Transliteration:
panim or paneh Phonetic Spelling: (paw-neem') Short Definition: before. ...
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600. anaph -- a face
... 599, 600. anaph. 601 . a face. Transliteration: anaph Phonetic Spelling:
(an-af') Short Definition: face. Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding ...
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639. aph -- a nostril, nose, face, anger
... 638, 639. aph. 640 . a nostril, nose, face, anger. Transliteration: aph
Phonetic Spelling: (af) Short Definition: anger. Word Origin ...
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6439. Penuel -- "face of God," a place East of the Jordan, also ...
... Penuel. 6440 . "face of God," a place East of the Jordan, also two Israelites.
Transliteration: Penuel Phonetic Spelling: (pen-oo-ale') Short Definition: Penuel ...
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4893b. mishchath -- disfigurement (of face)
... 4893a, 4893b. mishchath. 4894 . disfigurement (of face). Transliteration:
mishchath Short Definition: marred. Word Origin from shachath ...
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6437. panah -- to turn
... Usage approaches (1), clear (3), cleared (1), cleared away (1), considered (1),
dawn* (1), dawns (1), declined (1), declines (1), empty (1), face (2), faced (2 ...
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2122. ziv -- brightness, splendor
... 2121, 2122. ziv. 2123 . brightness, splendor. Transliteration: ziv Phonetic
Spelling: (zeev) Short Definition: face. Word Origin ...
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6310. peh -- mouth
... 1), collar (1), command (45), commandment (6), counsel (1), dictated* (1), dictation
(6), edge (37), edges (2), end (2), evidence (4), face (4), hunger (1 ...
/hebrew/6310.htm - 7k

5869. ayin -- an eye
... outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance,
+ displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain ...
/hebrew/5869.htm - 7k

656. aphes -- to cease, fail, come to an end
... 655, 656. aphes. 657 . to cease, fail, come to an end. Transliteration: aphes
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-face') Short Definition: cease. Word Origin a prim. ...
/hebrew/656.htm - 6k

Library

The Face of Jesus
... The Winsome Jesus The Face of Jesus. Jesus ... dignity. Jesus must have had a
remarkable face. One's presence centers peculiarly in the face. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks about jesus/the face of jesus.htm

Prayer to the Holy Face
... PRAYERS OF SOEUR TH??R??SE, THE LITTLE FLOWER OF JESUS PRAYER TO THE HOLY
FACE. O Adorable Face of Jesus, sole beauty which ravisheth ...
//christianbookshelf.org/therese/story of a soul/prayer to the holy face.htm

An Act of Consecration to the Holy Face
... PRAYERS OF SOEUR TH??R??SE, THE LITTLE FLOWER OF JESUS AN ACT OF CONSECRATION
TO THE HOLY FACE. Written for the Novices O Adorable ...
//christianbookshelf.org/therese/story of a soul/an act of consecration to.htm

The Great Stone Face
... BIBLE STORIES AND RELIGIOUS CLASSICS THE GREAT STONE FACE. By Nathaniel
Hawthorne. One ... features. And what was the Great Stone Face? ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the great stone face.htm

The Unveiled Face
... CHAPTER XXVII THE UNVEILED FACE. ... Therefore cast but from your hearts all
saints and angels, if you would behold the Face of God. ...
/.../bevan/three friends of god/chapter xxvii the unveiled face.htm

The Glory of the Goal, --Face to Face
... The Glory Of The Goal,"Face to Face. "With You Always.". ... Then your eyes are
drawn more intently to His person,"His face, His wounds. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on following the christ/the glory of the goalface.htm

The Sixth Part Face to Face with the Barbarians
... SAINT AUGUSTIN THE SIXTH PART FACE TO FACE WITH THE BARBARIANS. Et nunc veniant
omnes quicumque amant Paradisum, locum quietis, locum ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/the sixth part face to.htm

I Will Arise and Seek Thy Face,
... FAITH AND PENITENCE IX I will arise and seek Thy face,. 8,8,8,8. I will arise
and seek Thy face,. For I have wandered far from Thee; ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the russian church/ix i will arise and.htm

Face to Face with Shams
... BOOK II CHAPTER XXIII FACE TO FACE WITH SHAMS. Vien dietro a me, e lascia
dir le genti, Sta come torre ferma, che non crolla. Giammai ...
/.../chapter xxiii face to face.htm

Seeking the Lord's Face. --Psalm xxvii.
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CXXI. Seeking the Lord's Face."Psalm xxvii. 8.6.8.6
James Montgomery. Seeking the Lord's Face."Psalm 27.p>. ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn cxxi seeking the lords.htm

Thesaurus

Face (780 Occurrences)
... Means simply presence, as when it is recorded that Adam and Eve hid themselves from
the "face [RV, `presence'] of the Lord God" (Genesis 3:8; Comp. ...
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Face-bones (1 Occurrence)
Face-bones. Face, Face-bones. Face-cloth . Multi-Version Concordance
Face-bones (1 Occurrence). Psalms 3:7 Come to me, Lord; keep ...
/f/face-bones.htm - 6k

Face-cloth (1 Occurrence)
Face-cloth. Face-bones, Face-cloth. Faced . Multi-Version Concordance
Face-cloth (1 Occurrence). John 20:7 and the cloth ...
/f/face-cloth.htm - 6k

Veiled (23 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 32:20 And he said, My face will be veiled from them, I will see what
their end will be: for they are an uncontrolled generation, children in whom ...
/v/veiled.htm - 12k

Appease (11 Occurrences)
... that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.'" For, he said, "I will appease
him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face...
/a/appease.htm - 10k

Shone (27 Occurrences)
... Matthew 17:2 He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his
garments became as white as the light. (WEB WEY DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
/s/shone.htm - 14k

Steadfastly (19 Occurrences)
... Luke 9:51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received
up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, (WBS). ...
/s/steadfastly.htm - 11k

Spit (15 Occurrences)
... spit, spit'-l (yaraq, roq; (em)ptuo): Spitting in a person's face indicated gross
contempt (Numbers 12:14 Deuteronomy 25:9 Job 30:10 Isaiah 50:6 Matthew 26:67 ...
/s/spit.htm - 13k

Appeaseth (5 Occurrences)
... Exodus 32:11 And Moses appeaseth the face of Jehovah his God, and saith, 'Why, O
Jehovah, doth Thine anger burn against Thy people, whom Thou hast brought ...
/a/appeaseth.htm - 8k

Stretched-out (21 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 21:15 For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a
stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the ...
/s/stretched-out.htm - 13k

Resources

If Moses met face to face with God, why, later, was he not allowed to see God's face? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean to seek God's face? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean to set your face like flint in Isaiah 50:7? | GotQuestions.org

Face: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Face (780 Occurrences)

Matthew 4:9
And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.
(BBE)

Matthew 5:39
But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.
(BBE)

Matthew 6:16
"Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 6:17
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 11:10
For this is he, of whom it is written,'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Matthew 16:3
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
(KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Matthew 17:2
He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 17:6
When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 18:10
See that you don't despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 18:26
So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all.
(BBE)

Matthew 18:29
So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.
(BBE)

Matthew 22:16
and they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, 'Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men;
(YLT)

Matthew 26:39
He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 26:67
Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 1:2
As it is written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Mark 5:33
The woman, shaking with fear, conscious of what had been done to her, came and, falling on her face before him, gave him a true account of everything.
(BBE)

Mark 10:22
But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.
(WEB BBE NIV)

Mark 12:14
and they having come, say to him, 'Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men, but in truth the way of God dost teach; is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? may we give, or may we not give?'
(YLT)

Mark 14:35
Going forward a short distance He threw Himself upon His face and prayed repeatedly that, if it was possible, He might be spared that time of agony;
(WEY)

Mark 14:65
Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!" The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 1:17
And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient 'to walk' in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared 'for him'.
(ASV BBE)

Luke 1:76
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways,
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Luke 2:31
which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Luke 5:12
It happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 6:29
To him who gives you a blow on one side of the face offer the other side also; and to him who is robbing you of your outer garment refuse not the under one also.
(WEY BBE)

Luke 7:27
This is he of whom it is written,'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 9:29
As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling.
(WEB WEY BBE YLT NAS NIV)

Luke 9:51
It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem,
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 9:52
and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Luke 9:53
They didn't receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 10:1
After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
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Luke 12:56
Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
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Luke 17:16
He fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.
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Luke 21:35
For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.
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Luke 22:64
Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?"
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Luke 24:5
Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
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John 11:44
He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Free him, and let him go."
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John 18:22
But as he said these things, one of the officers who stood by gave a blow on the face to Jesus, saying, Answerest thou the high priest thus?
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John 19:3
and came to him and said, Hail, king of the Jews! and gave him blows on the face.
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John 20:7
and the towel, which had been placed over the face of Jesus, not lying with the cloths, but folded up and put by itself.
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Acts 1:18
(Now having bought a piece of ground with the money paid for his wickedness he fell there with his face downwards, and, his body bursting open, he became disembowelled.
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Acts 2:25
For David says concerning him,'I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
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Acts 2:28
You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.
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Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
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Acts 6:15
All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.
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Acts 7:45
which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,
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Acts 13:24
John having proclaimed before the face of his entry among the people the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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Acts 16:19
But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
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Acts 16:29
And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,
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Acts 17:26
He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
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Acts 20:25
"Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching the Kingdom of God, will see my face no more.
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Acts 20:38
sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.
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Acts 25:16
To whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met the accusers face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.
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Acts 27:15
When the ship was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.
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Romans 8:36
Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
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1 Corinthians 7:28
But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
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1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.
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1 Corinthians 14:25
And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.
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2 Corinthians 3:7
But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:
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2 Corinthians 3:13
and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn't look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
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2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
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2 Corinthians 4:6
seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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2 Corinthians 5:12
for not again ourselves do we recommend to you, but we are giving occasion to you of glorifying in our behalf, that ye may have 'something' in reference to those glorifying in face and not in heart;
(YLT)

2 Corinthians 8:24
Show ye therefore unto them in the face of the churches the proof of your love, and of our glorying on your behalf.
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2 Corinthians 10:1
Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.
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2 Corinthians 10:7
Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's.
(WEB ASV NIV)

2 Corinthians 11:20
For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you on the face.
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2 Corinthians 11:28
Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies.
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Galatians 1:22
I was still unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea which were in Christ,
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Galatians 2:6
And from those who were esteemed to be something -- whatever they were then, it maketh no difference to me -- the face of man God accepteth not, for -- to me those esteemed did add nothing,
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Galatians 2:11
But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.
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Colossians 2:1
For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
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1 Thessalonians 2:2
but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
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1 Thessalonians 2:17
But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
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1 Thessalonians 3:10
night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
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2 Thessalonians 1:9
who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
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Hebrews 9:24
For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:
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Hebrews 9:27
Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,
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Hebrews 10:32
But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;
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James 1:2
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
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James 1:23
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
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James 5:10
Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
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1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."
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2 John 1:12
Having many things to write to you, I don't want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made full.
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3 John 1:14
but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.
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Revelation 1:16
He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
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Revelation 1:17
And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one;
(BBE)

Revelation 4:7
The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.
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Revelation 6:16
They told the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,
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Revelation 7:11
All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God,
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Revelation 10:1
I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
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Revelation 12:14
Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
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Revelation 19:10
And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.
(BBE)

Revelation 20:9
And they went up over the face of the earth, and made a circle about the tents of the saints, and the well loved town: and fire came down out of heaven for their destruction.
(BBE)

Revelation 20:11
I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
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Revelation 22:3
"In future there will be no curse," he said, "but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in that city. And His servants will render Him holy service and will see His face,
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Revelation 22:4
They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
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Revelation 22:8
And I, John, am he who saw these things and to whose ears they came. And when I had seen and given ear, I went down on my face to give worship at the feet of the angel who made these things clear to me.
(BBE)

Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
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Genesis 1:20
And God saith, 'Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.'
(YLT)

Subtopics

Face

Face: Character Revealed In

Face: Covering of

Face: Disfiguring of, in Fasting

Face: Transfiguring of Jesus

Face: Transfiguring of Moses

Related Terms

Face-bones (1 Occurrence)

Face-cloth (1 Occurrence)

Veiled (23 Occurrences)

Appease (11 Occurrences)